Stand for holding shoes or boots



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R. LUNDQVIST.

STAND FOR HOLDING SHOES 0R BOOTS. r

. No. 550,187. I Patented Nojr; 19,1895.

fly! I WITNESSES: I /NVENTOH BYJWMM A TTOHNE Y8.

' UNITED STATES:

PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD LUNDQVIST, OF LAGUNA DE TERMINOS, MEXICO.

STAND FOR HOLDING SHOES OR BOOTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 550,187, dated November 19, 1895. Application filed .lune 8, 1895. $erialNo.552,107. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RICHARD LUNDQVIST, a subject of the King of Sweden and Norway, at present residing in Laguna de Terminos,

State of Oampeche, Mexico, have invented a.

treating the shoe or boot.

The invention consists, principally, of a rest adapted to receive a shoe, a last engaging the shoe, and a lever adapted to engage the last to hold the shoe in place on the rest.

The invention also consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be'had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the rest. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the last with part in section, and Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the rest arranged for ladies shoes.

The improved stand is provided with a suitably-constructed base A, on which iserected a post B,'securely held in place by braces 0, attached to the base A, as is plainly shown in Fig. 1. At or near the middle of the post B is secured a box D, provided with hinged covers or lids, and adapted to hold brushes, blacking-boxes, rags, and other paraphernalia used in cleaning boots and shoes.

On the top of the post B is secured a rest E, shaped somewhat similarly to a foot, but arranged in an inverted position, with the heel E upward and the sole part E covered by a piece of rubber or like material, to prevent slipping of the boot or shoe F, placed on the said rest E, as indicated in Fig; 1. The rest E is shaped in the manner described to permit of the operator having convenient access to the several parts of the shoe or boot while cleaning, polishing, or blacking the same.

The shoe or boot F is adapted to be engaged by a last G (shown in detail in Fig. 3) and provided at its upper end with a longitudinally-extending recess G, adapted to be engaged by the upper free end H of a curved lever H, fulcrumed at H on a bracket 1, secured to the post B. A spring I draws on the lower end of the lever H, and the lower end H of the lever passes through an opening 13, formed in the post B below the shoe-rest E. A wedge J, hung on a chain attached to the post B, is adapted to be inserted between the base of the bracket I and the edge of the lever H to securely lock the latter in position after the upper end H is engaged with the recess G- It will be seen that when the wedge J is withdrawn the spring I imparts a swinging motion to the lever H in the direction of the arrow at to disengage the upper end H from the last G to unlock the shoe F, set on the rest E. The last G is made so as to be readily passed into the shoe or boot; but previous to the insertion of the last the front or toe portion of the shoe or boot is filled with rags or other soft material to hold the toe portion in a stretched position while cleaning, polishing, or blacking the shoe or boot.

For diiferent sized shoes different sized lasts G are employed; but two or three such lasts are sufficient for nearly all sizes, as the last does not need to fit very snugly in the boot or shoe.

It is understood that when the boot or shoe, with the last in position, is set on the rest F then the operator swings the lever H in the inverse direction of the arrow a to move the upper end H in engagement with the top of operator has both hands free for the work, he can quickly accomplish the desired end in a very thorough manner.

For ladies and childrens shoes and boots an ICO auxiliary rest E, similar to the rest E, is attached on the top of the latter, as indicated in Fig. 4, the auxiliary rest E being smaller in size than the rest E and attached to the latter by dowel-pins E*, as indicated in the said figure. iliary rest E may be stored in the box D when not in use.

Having thus fully described my invention,

The additional lasts of the aux- I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A device for the purpose described, comprising a post, a rest secured on the upper end of said post, a last having a channel exlast and to pass its lower end through an opening in the post, and a wedge serving as a locking device for the lever, substantially as shown and described.

2. A device of the class described, coinpr'ising a post, a rest supported on the upper end thereof, a bracket extended from the .post rearward of the rest, a curved lever fuleruined to said bracket and adapted to engage at its upper end with a last in a shoe, the lower end of the said lever being extended across the vertical 'line of the post, below the rest, and means for locking the lever to the post, substantially as shown and described.

3. A device of the class described, comprising a post, a shoe rest 011 the upper end thereof, the said post having a slot opening below the rest, a bracket extending rearward from the post, a curved lever fulcruined to said bracket and adapted to engage its upper end with a last in a shoe and having its lower end extended through the slot in the post, a locking device for the lever, and the retracting spring extended from the post to the lever, substantially as shown and described.

4. A device of theclass described,co1nprisin g a post, a rest supportedthereon and adapted to receive a shoe o'rboot, a last adapted to engage the shoe or boot, a sprin g-pressed lever fulcruined on a bracket projecting from the post, the said lever being'adapted to be locked in place, and a wedge for lockingtlie said lever in position, as set forth.

RICHARD TL-UNDQVIST.

Witnesses:

J. 'BADITTO, FRAN PALLA 

